What animals are in your yard or local region?

[rocky'smom]

Thought I would update on the chicken that I helped rescue.
Miss Audrey Hepbird is living her best life.
She is getting her tail feathers back and gaining some of her weight back.

 

[sunnysmom]

I didn't get a picture, but 2 nights ago, I went out on my back porch and there was, I am assuming mother, racoon and 4 babies. Four. On my porch. And not afraid of me. I sat down, thinking they would run off. Nope. Just kept coming closer and closer. I literally said to them- you're supposed to be scared. Run away. Quit looking at me. Don't come any closer. All 4 of them were probably 10 inches from me. They are adorable. But.... they get into everything. I really don't want to be dealing with all these racoons getting in the garbage, etc.

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

@sunnysmom I wonder if people have been feeding them. We had a neighbour who would hand feed them, until one day he got bit! I think they are cute and like seeing them from time to time. But they can be a problem. We had our big compost bin moved about 12ish feet, which we figured were raccoons. My mom a bungee cord around it so luckily they didn't get into it.

 

[sunnysmom]

@sunnysmom I wonder if people have been feeding them. We had a neighbour who would hand feed them, until one day he got bit! I think they are cute and like seeing them from time to time. But they can be a problem. We had our big compost bin moved about 12ish feet, which we figured were raccoons. My mom a bungee cord around it so luckily they didn't get into it.

It's possible. I had a neighbor at my old house who fed the raccoons. My boyfriend came over one night and was sitting on his motorcycle talking on the phone and 2 tried to crawl up his leg!

 

[rocky'smom]

Ducks are back

 

[Alien J]

Could be a pay wall thing or that @Shezbug is in Australian. I always hate someone links a YouTube video or something and it comes up "Not available in your country"

That kind of thing drives me insane... Literally. Now the secret is out... Janet is insane and it was the internet that made her that way.

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

Got to one of my favorite places today. I saw Canadian geese, ducks, Red winged black birds, a couple of painted turtles and a snake. They are currently draining part of the marsh, something to do with helping good bacteria or something. A goose family of 3. The baby just getting in his adult pattern Can you find the snake?

 

[Alien J]

Got to one of my favorite places today. I saw Canadian geese, ducks, Red winged black birds, a couple of painted turtles and a snake. They are currently draining part of the marsh, something to do with helping good bacteria or something. A goose family of 3. The baby just getting in his adult pattern View attachment 432701 View attachment 432702 Can you find the snake? View attachment 432703 View attachment 432704 View attachment 432705 View attachment 432706 View attachment 432707 View attachment 432708

Great pictures!

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

Great pictures!

Thanks!

Echo went to the vet today, another sinus infection The vet office has a bunch a bird feeders. There's were little birds, maybe a type of sparrow and a Bluejay. Plus a chipmunk. I managed to get a couple pictures of the chipmunk

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

The fuzzy tree lumps are back in our tree tonight. They totally looks furry tree growth when I first noticed them

They were pretty active tonight playing and grooming each other at time. I think I count 7 tonight. I know there's atleast 6. I count 5 one side and then 2 other. But when I tried to recount the 5 I could only find 4. It just started storming and that tree is moving around a lot. They were still there 5 minutes ago. Anyway here's some pics. Oh and picture of a small egg shell. About the size of lovebird egg maybe a little bigger. I'm not sure where it came from.

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

Wow it really poured for a couple of minutes. Eased up a little bit, but there's still lighting and thunder. Interestingly they when higher when it started. Then I went outside when coming down a bit, it looked like 3 of were trying to make down but decided not to and hanker down.
Here's a video of them playing

 

[Wardy]

Saw a Woodpecker in our Garden this morning

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

Bird feeder pictures, some at my vet's lots of bluejays there, and from my friends' house a downey woodpecker. At vet's I also saw a hummingbird but they so fast I wasn't able to get a picture of them.

 

[Sarahmoluccan]

I got go to one of my favorite spot today. Saw a family of ducks, with very feisty ducklings. Attack ducklings

There was a kid with his mom and caught a snake. They let go after looking at them. I had no idea how bad snake musk can smell! Well not as strong in terms the distance it can go, the stinky factor is intense. Rivals skunk I would say. Here's some pictures

 

[Sparkles99]

I think this is a mature grasshopper. I got a close up of his face - he was ready for it!

 

[Zara]

I got a close up of his face - he was ready for it!

... we wanna see!

 

[Sparkles99]

Zoom in on the second photo. I didn’t want to get closer than that & scare him!

 

[WillowQ]

Yes, snake pee smells horrible. I grew up out in the woods and caught my share of pine and garter snakes.

 

[Sparkles99]

My dog & I watched this butterfly dry the dew off his wings & fly away this morning in the apartment backyard. I like getting face photos of insects.

A wasp tried to attack him & climb on a wing, but he escaped by flying a short ways to my jeans & drying his feet. It was so cute!

I think it’s a monarch. @ChromeScholar
Is this accurate? He was resting on a clover flower.

 

[ChromeScholar]

Looks like a Monarch to me.